Reinforced box.



G. s. AXFORD.

REINFORGBD BOX.

APPLICATION FILED DBG.14, 1912. 1,1 15,478. Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY WITNESSES THE MORRIS PETER-sCc.,PHc1U-LITHO..WSHVNGTON. D4 C.

GEORGE s. Axronn, or nninoii, MICHIGAN." l

niiiivroncnn Box.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented-Nov. s, 1914..

Application filed. December 14,1912.` Serialflo.7361,716.` 4

To all whom t may concern Be it lmown that I, GEORGE AxronD, a

citizen of the United States, residing at De# troit, county of lWayne,State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improveinentin Reinforced Boxes, and decla-re the following to'be a full, clear, andexact description of the same, such as will enable others `skilled inthe art to which itpertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to boxes and has for its object a reinforced boxwhich is bet- .y

ter adapted to withstand rough usage than the boxes in common use.

I prefer to employ a box which has reinforcing timbers at the ends andwhich is wire wound. It is also provided with reinforcing angle stripson the inside. These, however, are features that are additional to myimprovement which consists in providing reinforcing strips and angleplates which not only prevent thev wearing and breaking of the box byabrasion, but also serve to connect the ends of the box with each otherand to thereby stilfen and reinforce the sides of the box which are notconstructed of as heavy material as the ends.

In the drawings :-Figure 1, is a perspective of the box with one sidetaken away. Fig. 2, is a perspective of the reinforcing strip. Fig. 3,is a perspective of the corner plate. Fig. 4:, is a side elevation of afinished box.

The box is strongly constructed by using the end pieces, or boards, Aand B, which are fastened perpendicularly to the bottom C and alsosupported in such position by the reinforcing timbers 1. At the tops ofthe ends A and B are located similar reinforcing timbers 2 and these areconnected with the reinforcing timbers 1 by side reinforced timbers 8.The box is reinforced at the inside by the angle strips l and 5 whichrun along the meeting edges of the side members, end members and bottom.

I fasten to each corner by nails or otherwise the angle plate G. Theseangle irons fold over the side reinforcing timbers 2 and overlap aportion of the reinforcing timbers 3. Over the upper edges of the sidesfits a reinforcing strip 7, which is constructed as shown in Fig. 2. Itis made of metal which is twice folded so as to form the three webs. Atthe ends the extensions 8 are cut .and are intended to lie on top of thereiny forcing timbers 2, as shown in Figi 1. These extensions 8 are atthe ends nailed to the reinforcing timbers 2 by a large fastening member9 and near the middle are secured by small fastening members 10 thatpierce the angle plate 6 and fasten that also to thev reinforcingtimbers.

A similar reinforcing strip 7 is fitted over the side l) which has beentaken away from the illustration of Fig. 1. It will readily bevunderstood that this forms a very strong and serviceable box. It isintended to be used especially with wire bound boxes, such as I haveshown in Fig. 1, but I do not limit myself to such boxes alone, as myreinforc- `ing construction can be used without the wire bound feature.This form of construction is especially adapted to grocery boxes, andnot only makes a stronger box less liable to collapse, but also preventsthe wearingof the edges from knocks and scraping.

TWhat I claim is f l. A delivery box, having in combination,

a bottom, two sides and two ends, and rein` forcing timbers in the formof a parallelogram at each end which follow the edges of the ends, and ametallic strip folded over the top of the side to straddle the side and2. A delivery box, having in combination,

a bottom, two sides and two ends, reinforcing timbers in the-form of aparallelogram at each end which follow the edges of the ends, angleplates, one at'each corner, each angle plate comprising two portions oneof which overlies the top of the reinforcing parallelogram and the otherof which overlies the side of the reinforcing parallelogram adjacent thecorner, and a metallic strip folded over the top of the side to straddlethe side and form a protecting strip on the inside of the side fromendpto end of the box and on the outside of the side from one extremeend to the other extreme end, the ends of the said metallic strin norerlying the top portions of the angle plate x ing timbers and theupper edges of the ends 1C :it its corners, the seid metallic striphaving of the box adjacent the corners. D extensions that represent themetal that t In testimony whereof, I sign this speelwould have to be outoff et the ends of the ication in the presence of tWo Witnesses. stripto allow the strip to t into the inside f of the box, the saidextensions extended out GEORGE S' AFORD' perpendienlarly from the stripto overlie 1Witnesses: portions of the top portions of the adjacent JOHNA. GRIER,

C. L. SHAFER.

angle plates and also to overle the reinforc- I Copies nfthis patent maybe obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ofPatents,

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